Inside photography september,2017

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SEPTEMBER 2017 • ISSUE 12

PHOTOGRAPHY SPS CELEBRATES WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

BEHIND THE LENS

Mamring A Photographers Treat By Shiladitya Chowdhury

EDITOR'S LETTER

Why people don’t get conceptual art photography In this practical world, a huge number of people do not appreciate the conceptual art photography. But the photographers, who are creative in their own thinking, always respect other's creativity of any form. Instead of this, a majority of photographers tend to dismiss the work when it reaches a conceptual level. If anyone does not understand the art that doesn't mean it is bad. Everyone wants to create something different and when a photographer is engaged in creating something new through inspiration most of the people deny that work. Now we need to understand what is conceptual or modern art photography? Before the era of photography, the painting was the only visual form of art to express a story. Then a machine named camera came to existence and the medium of expression got changed. Everyone thought that the age of painting had come to an end, but the actual "Art" remained on paintings and after 1950 the concept of photography changed. Besides the traditional photography, the art form came to the world of film and a new era began. Every photographer started to create images which resembled paintings.

The pattern based photography like abstract, minimalism etc came to existence and the era of conceptual photography started with the help of art form of paintings.

Nowadays the modern art or conceptual photography is so important that it is pushing itself beyond limits. People say these days that nothing much is left to do something new in the field of photography. But with conceptual photography, the probability of creating something new has increased and more iconic images are yet to come. The concept of modern art photography is quite controversial for traditional photographers since they believe it is quite easy to execute. As said by Craig Damraurer, " Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn't " is not easy at all. One has to go beyond the capacity of the brain and create something different. Many a Times you may fail to create, but at the same time, you will realize the reason of your failure. A new age of photography has begun; need to go deep into it.

The 12th issue of INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY is here with its new looks and format. Some sections are becoming quite popular amongst the amateur photographers and that is encouraging for the Inside Photography team. The festive season is about to come and all photographers of West Bengal is eagerly waiting for this. In this issue, you will enjoy a good travel story followed by some good technical articles. Everyone is expected to be busy in this festive month but I insist our readers to take a break with a cup of coffee and enjoy this issue of INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY.

Bhaskar Paul Editor

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MY SHOT : ARRIVAL September the month in the Bengal marks the arrival of Durga puja.

The most loved festival of Bengal, the weather itself describes the mood of festivity. For photographers, it's festive chance too for capturing stunning images, beautiful emotions and the vibe of puja. It is a genre itself but with the rise of Digital SLR cameras, it has become a kind of template based. Let's say Kashful - the flower that symbolizes the Arrival of Durga Puja. But most of the pictures you have seen have the same template of having a blue sky in the background and Kashful in the foreground. The reinvention of that style is very rare. Not following what the legends have followed can be a sin. I respect the trend as because whenever you think of Durga puja that's what comes to everyone's mind. As obvious in popular opinion that image will be more appeling to the audience. But then what are 'You' bringing to the table? So this time with my image "Arrival" I have tried to potray the same thing with a slight difference in perspective.

Hope you all will give it a second thought.

ANUBHAV CHOUDHURY

"Though the economic condition is not suitable for the people who belong to below poverty line, but need to be ready for every day's struggle. I have a small shop and I wish it will be grown up one day"- an unknown man of Siliguri market.

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NEWS It has been in the news that Lee Filter's ProGlass IRND filters made for the film industry, are now available for discerning still photographers.they are available in a range of strengths 0.6ND(2EV), 0.9ND (3EV), 1.2ND(4EV), and 1.8ND (6EV). Extreme Strengths are available on offer; For Ultra Long exposures go for the 3.0 (10EV) and 4.5ND (15EV).

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Lee offers New NDs

As per sources says these filters are 2mm made from optically flat glass to highly accurate filter values and all strengths are designed to be free of color casts so filter to filter consistency is guaranteed to assist a fast workflow. they are also coated to block infrared and ultra violates radiation to ensure clean blacks, mid tones and whites free of color casts.

As with the stopper range, the Pro Glass IRND filters have foam gaskets to prevent light leaks during very long exposures.

The Pro Glass IRND filters are available for the Seven5 systems, 100mm systems Sw150 systems; Priced Rs 11208.50, Rs 13631.96, Rs 31429.25 respectively.

Again from sources, a solar eclipse filter has also been Introduced By Lee.It reduces incoming light by around 20EV and is designed for use during the partial phase of an eclipse - it is removed for shooting totality. This filter is not designed for extreme long exposure shooting as the results will be blue in color.Any blueness in solar eclipse images can be corrected in processing.

BOARD Tech Talk

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Landscape PRO 2 is an intelligent software aimed at the outdoor photographer who wants to make their shots and neither doesn't have the editing skills or the time to sit in front of the computer. V2 retains key features of V1 so you have sky replacement and photo adaptive controls but now there are improved selection brushes 2d and 3d lighting brushes and an expended sky library.

Ease of use is key to this software. It features one click presets for instant improvements and slidders offer more control.

As per source from market three version are available.

The standard LandsapePRO costs Rs2268.51/- while the studio version is Rs3783.38/and studio max edition is around Rs 7570.54/-.

ZEISS has added a tenth lens to its Milvus range

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3 Legged Thing QR11LG L Bracket Images from www.3leggedthing.com

The QR11 L-grip is available in copper or gray priced at Rs 3786.41/-. It's arca-swiss compatibility makes switching from upright to horizontal shooting in a second easy. It can also be disassembled quickly and stored flat for easy transport as per research.

The 35mm f/1.4 is a full frame lens available in Canon and Nikon fit at Rs 128687.90/-. It features a new optical design i.e claim to be free of chromatic aberration and also deliver a high-class performance even at maximum aperture as per reliable sources.

SIGMA RANGE GROWS BY TWO Sigmas art lens collection has added two new family members aimed at full frame users. The 24-70 mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM is a top end with standard zoom as per market analysis.

The fourth generation of this focal length range offers much more than a leading optical performance from current high megapixel DSLRs. Its optical construction features three SLD(super low dispersion) glass elements and four aspherical elements to minimize lens flaws including coma and chromatic aberration and gives excellent across-the - frame sharpness. The lens features Sigma's renowned optical stabilizer technology and HSM for first silent auto focusing with the option of full-time manual overwrite.

The lens construction includes seals to prevent dust and moisture intrusion, and the front lens element features water and dust repellent coating. Both help to give the reliable performance in challenging conditions.This standard zoom is priced at Rs106039.89/- will be available this August in Canon, Nikon and Sigma fittings as per various sources.

Again it presumes that the second lens sets new standards in the ultra-wide angle category and is the seventh prime lens in the art line. The Sigma 14 mm f/1.8 DG SHM is priced at Rs127248.02/- with Canon and Sigma mount available now and the Nikon version towards the end of August.

An ultra-wide lens of this speed makes it ideal for many subjects including landscape but also more specialist like Astro photography where such a fast aperture allows a relatively low ISO. Outstanding across -the- frame image quality is delivered.

Thanks to the three FLD and four SLD elements while the inclusion of a large 80 mm moulded glass aspherical lens element helps to provide the lens with a wide aperture.

This element also helps us to deliver a minimum distortion and great centered-to-age sharpness.

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So, the King is back again. Kodak is bringing back its iconic Reversal or slide film Ektachrome soon. Jettisoning millions of photo enthusiasts round the globe to astronomically high level of joy, Kodak has made this official announcement bringing it to public that the new era is all set to begin by end 2017 when the company is likely to bring back the film again to life in Super 8 Cine as well as 35mm Still formats.

Superb for its colour reproduction and extra fine grain, the film, first introduced in 1940, shaped the world of photography while being a must to be used by top class shooters including those in Nat Geo until end of the first decade of 21st century.

Shoot and final. No print. The film is positive. Being projected through the analog projector, it used to produce life size super vibrant and brilliantly contrast razor sharp images on the screen.

In contrast to 1080 X 1920 image units of the present day gorgeous standard of digital on screen projection image, the handshaking of Ektachrome and Analog projector gives an image equivalent to 24mega Pixel or 4000 X 6000 image units on a projection screen. Eventually, any kind of ‘Pixelation’ is just ‘what the heck’ in it.

The following decline in the film usage and trailing to the fate of many other film brands, this super strong Ektachrome also had to have its last breath in 2012 with discontinuation of its production.

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But, from behind the instant imaging convenience of digital technology, the purist spirit of that ' hole in one’ liking hard core shooters reemerged once again increasing global demand for films making it noticeable by 2016.

Kodak responded to the new trend with the bold announcement- “It is such a privilege to reintroduce KODAK EKTACHROME Film,” on 5th of January 2017.

Eventually, the shutter bugs are going back to pull out those immortal pieces of machines- Nikon FE II, Nikon F 90X, Canon AE 1, Canon EOS, Pentax K 1000 and many more landmark models. Days are not too far for them to once again feel the thrill of real photography that comes after meticulous learning from seniors and real books. Where every shutter click comes after a full round of planning, observation or assessment. Where shooting shows no mercy to mistake. Where there is no post process, no Cntrl Z and with a camera without a Delete button. Most importantly, shooting, in which a photograph comes in lap after a long, painful gestation period that only a mother, knows how sweet. Must be much sweeter than wine.

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MAMRING

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By Shilladitya Choudhury

About The Author

Shilladitya Choudhury is an amateur photographer from Siliguri Photographic S o c i e t y. M o s t l y h e

devoted his passion of t o M a c r o p h o t o g r a p h y.

But he also takes interest in People Photography & Landscapes.

Every photo tour for me is a big learning experience and each time it makes me a better photographer.But Mamring was no ordinary photo tour, since I was honoured enough to be a part of a expert outreach team who were travelling to all the adventure camps in North Bengal and were spending nights enriching kids with star gazing and astronomical discussions.Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal is a renowned name in amateur astronomy clubs within the country. I was lucky to be a part of there outreach journey for one night in Mamring.

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I also wrote down the process I followed and would like to share with you all.

Before embarking on my journey I took a little time to share my photographic skills, I even went through the works of other photographers for a beginner s look at Master s of photography www.masters of photography.com . Similarly another website www.photomuse.com was of great help.

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When we reached Marming it was already evening so there was very little light to shoot, I wandered a little bit for a quick survey of the place and found it to be a very beautiful village in the midst of the Himalayan foothills.The night was completely enjoyed, star gazing with kids of the Adventure camp. It was a freezing night and temperature dropped to one degree Celsius. I had some plans of doing a star trail but the idea was quite a fantasy at that point of time. Dinner was delicious with thick Rotis and Tarka and after relishing it I went off to bed as early as possible since I had to wake up early as we planned to leave early morning after a small session with kids.

Morning Session On The Camp

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The next morning I woke up at 5.30 and got dressed up as it was freezing outside the tent. Within 5.45 am I went out of the camp site to explore the beautiful area. It was a feeling like heaven being away from the city, it was calm and I was mesmerized with the serenity of the place. A beautiful morning by my side I went down the road of the hill to visit the place where most people lived, which was not very far from the camp site.

Meanwhile I got a company of a four legged friend who was also wandering with me and you all can see him in the first picture What I found really amazing was the people of the place seemed to me as the happiest people on the planet though leading life in those rough terrain is much difficult..

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The biggest thing what I learnt from them is to deal challenges of life with a smile. I had some conversations with some kids of that area and it was like a super fun kind of thing, which even helped me take there few snaps.

I wanted to take few portraits that can reflect the spirit of the hardworking people of Mamring. I asked an old lady if I can take a picture of her and she was delighted. It was a treat for me to show her the photos as she was really excited to see what I clicked.

Gradually the morning session was over and it was time for me to say good bye to everyone at camp. I started my journey towards Siliguri with some great memories. Marming trip for me was really refreshing and it was one of the memorable experience I had in my recent times.

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It is a platform to show the photographs of the amateurs.

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Few more honourable mentions for the photos of Image Square are Upamanyu O Chakraborty,Sangali Pranai, Partha Chakraborty, Rishi Raj Singh, Arpita Singha Roy, Subham Ghosh, Dino Bhattacharya & Pritam Dey.Lastly we are very thankful to those who sent their images and we expect a lot more from you all in future.

Congratulations to all of them whose photographs were selected .The other photographers who posted their images were also excellent.

But need to work hard and share more images with us with the proper tag.

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The Color Theory Colour memory: The human mind can be lazy at times; rather than making an effort in analyzing what we see it gathers information because it is easier to do so. If we see an object that we"know " should be of a particular colour, then the brain actually interprets of what exactly we are seeing. For example, when you see a picture of a blue sky, your brain doesn't necessarily see the actual colour, because you already know what exactly a blue sky should be looking. On the other hand we notice the colour of other objects like food or skin more precisely since these are areas that, historically, we need to see specifically.

Brightness and adaptation: The iris of our eyes is just like the aperture of a lens which governs the amount of light through in. In dark conditions, once the iris is fully opened, the eye increases its sensitivity to still allow us to see.

This extra sensitivity is controlled by the rod - shaped cells within the eye, as a result of which we get less and less information from the colour - sensitive coneshaped cells. As the level of light drops, our sensitivity to colour shifts more towards blue - green end of the spectrum, until there is no colour information at all.

Our perception of an individual colour can be affected by other colours surrounding it. This is partly a psychological reaction, but it is also due to the receptors in the eye becoming fatigued and influencing the process of what you see. For example, if you place two identically coloured objects against two differently coloured backgrounds, the colour of the object will often appear to be different.

Despite of all these limitations, our vision is still remarkably good in assessing the world around us and how it can be captured photographically. The more you learn to see the world around you, the more likely you are able to interpret colour correctly and transfer that into your photographs.

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I came across star trail for the first time at Navoneel 2012 organized by Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal. I was fascinated by the fact that every star told swan through star trail. I was amazed that a star which itself is just a light dot for us can even speak! I really found that a photographer if wants, can make a star speak and from that very moment the idea of clicking star trail inculcated in my mind. Finally I got the chance of clicking star trail this year.

Now the question is why do we see star trails?

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We know that earth rotates on its own axis from west to east in every 24 hours. That means it rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, which makes 15 degree rotation in one hour and in every 4 minutes rotates one degree. I was able to get an exposure of 67 minutes and 30 seconds because after that the sky was overcasted with clouds. Now as per the previous calculation of the exposure I got the trail of 16 degree, 52 minutes and 30 seconds. In this context I must mention to minimize noise reduction I took a dark frame by attaching a lens cap.

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Infinite focus : To get an infinite focus one has to fix the camera on the tripod and set the lens on manual focus keeping the live view on. Then zoom in and when the stars appear as a dot you get an infinite focus.

Exposure determination: While determining the exposure we have to keep in mind that the black portion of the sky doesn t appears grey or else the faint appearing stars won t be visible.

Set up: I didn t had any tripod. I just took the camera and kept the lens towards the sky giving an exposure of 30 seconds. I went on clicking photos one after the other and at last I took a dark frame, since I knew that if the camera is on for a long time it gets heated up and the level of noise increases gradually. To reduce this noise I took the dark frame. '

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Processing: The processing of the photos was done by using a software named star track. I commanded the software to add only the brightest points. Next the output was copied thrice, since for gap filling minimum three photos are required. An object named threshold is present in gap filling which enables the pixel size to either become small or big. As two photos have been merged it had a little gap, which was filled in by increasing the pixel size.

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Death Becomes Him Jayanta Sarkar ...continued

He was initially afraid, but then he smiled to himself thinking that now all he has to do is to keep away from crocodiles.

He will then get immortalized. He left his home town and went and got settled in a desert kingdom.

In this kingdom water was a precious commodity and no such water bodies existed to sustain any big water creatures. Though getting obsessed with defeating death yet he was a learned man and quickly earned a position at the king's court.

Now this king was childless for a long time, but within a year, a prince was born which called for the whole kingdom to rejoice and celebrate.He was considered

auspicious by the people and the king from that day.

But when he saw the little prince, he felt both a sense of recognition and unease at the same time but could not understand why. The king announced him as the prince's teacher. As days went by the prince grew up and became very fond of him. But the sense of recognition and unease was growing within him too. He still could not find any reason.

Ten years have gone by, and the prince was now a ten years old child.One day the prince went to the king and requested that he wanted to go for a bath at the river Ganga. The

The king willingly agreed and also insisted that his teacher should accompany him.

Now he started feeling afraid, as after 12 years since that fateful day when he met Death, he was now asked to go to a place where crocodile attack was possible. He refused to go at first but the king stood polite and adamant to his decision. .After many refusals finally the king asked him sternly what was the reason behind the refusal of taking a bath in Ganga.

He eventually sighed and told the whole story to the king. The king was quite for some time. Then the king assured that he will arrange for the

the highest level of security. He will cordon off that particular part of the river with iron nets and other various safety measures, the kings soldiers will be on boats and ships to give them cover. It will be impossible for even a small fish to come near them, then leave about crocodiles. At last he agreed reluctantly to the king's decision.

When they went to the river, he was impressed by the security measures taken. It was indeed foolproof. It was impossible to even for a small fish to enter the cordoned area. It was cordoned by an iron net with very fine mesh and the soldiers were just outside

the area with their weapon drawn and on full alert.

He went into the river with the prince in an assumed mood. Both of them took a dip after the dip he looked at the prince, who was smiling. The sense of recognition was growing within him. He knew that smile. Suddenly he identified who the prince was.

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The prince said, “ I have to be born in a human form and had been locked in this form for 10 long years to fulfill your destiny and my duty” , and then the prince turned into a crocodile. He was alone with his fate inside that impenetrable cordon, which even the soldiers outside cannot breach.

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SWAN & SPS join hands in helping the North Bengal flood victims Data collected by Kaushal Agarwal

The medical camp conducted at Burijot Prathamic Vidyalay, Manikgunj, Haldibari on 27th August, began at 11:30am and was successfully packed up at 6:30pm with a patient head count of 577 treated by 3 doctors.4 paramedics took care of dressings and distributed medicines worth around Rs 90 thousand. Water purifying compound to clean 250 Litre of drinking water was given to 400 families. All the doctors and paramedics are SWAN(Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal) & SPS(Siliguri Photographic Society) members. Without any Govt. Funding and Sponsorships, we could make it possible only because of support from friends.

THE TEAM: Doctors: Dr. Vivek, Dr. Mandal and Dr. Karmakar from NBMCH. Pharma: Mr. Darpan Chakraborty(DC), Master Rudrashekhar Das, Master Anubhav Choudhary, Mr.Utpal, Mr. Ashok Checkup (BP): Mr. Shubhomoy Dewanjee, Mr. Debabrata Saha Chowdhury Office: Mrs. Arpita Dewanjee, Mr. Arijit Chakraborty(AC), Master Arnab, Master Kaushal Agarwal.Â

Photography: Mr. Sabyasachi, Mr. Shiladitya Choudhury Managing Head1: Mr. Debashish Sarker, Mr. Sisirnath, Mr. Proloy Choudhary, Mr. Arko Mandal, Mr. Bhaskar Paul, Mr. Abhisek Bhaduri, Mr. Sushanta.

Logistic Support: SSB, Jalpaiguri., United Club (Manikganj), Social Development Organisation Society (Manikganj), People of Manikganj.

The experience was altogether unique and it was one of the biggest outreach program by SWAN. People came with hope of getting served well and all the members gave their 100 percent. The villager's returning back with a big smile on their faces was the biggest achievement and energy sip for every SWAN & SPS member.Â

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The people were really very cooperative, good listeners and very understanding who slowly got adjusted with the on going, time taking processes. It was really very difficult to control 600, totally unknown people, but it was their cooperation which leads to the success of the planned outreach. The people of Manikganj, the Social Organizations, the Clubs and their members- all were excellent. And, of course, it would not have been a successful camp unless the SSB stood beside us as a supportive backbone! A salute to them.

At last, we thank all our members, all our donators, and our well wishers for their selfless and whole hearted help for the smooth run of this outreach. Thank You!

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SILIGURI PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY celebrates

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY,2017

World Photography Day Celebration by SPS 19th August is a big day for all photographers around the world. A day where all of them say loudly, "Yes, it's our day. The day is meant for us". Though the history of World Photography Day is quite different nowadays especially the amateur photographers are celebrating it like a festival. Besides all the year activities we the Siliguri Photographic Society organized a photowalk with the amateur photographers to explore street photography, supported by Tamron. This year some senior photographers joined us which was a great learning experience for the juniors. SPS always has been a great platform for the newcomers and has welcomed them warmly. Here are some of the experiences from the photographers who celebrated the day with SPS.

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Dr. Vivek Kumar: " Excellent experience of street photography. In fact first time for me.

Thanks for nicely organizing it. Looking forward to having more and more such outdoor exposure ".

Arup Biswas: " Wonderful walk. I would remember it longer way in my life...thanks SPS for giving me this opportunity!"

Anubhav Choudhury :" It was a nice session for me. After a long gap, I went to the street and tried to make some photos and that day I met some senior photographers which really meant a lot to me".

Bipul Barman: I have been a part of SPS for last two years and have always tried to be a part of any event organized by SPS. This time I made my schedule and joined the walk and it was an amazing experience for me. All seniors helped me and guided me a lot to make some good photographs.

Rudra Sekhar Das:" Photography became my passion and I really love it. All credits go to SPS. The photo walk was a memorable moment for me. I learnt in a better way how to do street photography. Thank you everyone."

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Debabrata Saha Chowdhury: " The walk gave me an opportunity to meet some other good photographers from Siliguri & to exchange ideas. It was a good learning experience ".

Arnab Chakraborty: " 19th August, Â on account of World Photography Day our Siliguri Photographic Society ( SPS) members observed it by triggering the shutter of their cameras. We gathered at 6 a.m. and explored the outskirts of Siliguri with our cameras.

In spite of soft drizzled, we enjoyed our photoshoot. We had a fantabulous experience; we learnt, we shared and improved our photographic knowledge with each other.

Between all these, we had our breakfast. We fired our cameras till 11 am and after completing the day's work our heart was filled with joy.

Sanjib Mukherjee: "I was very excited to meet everyone at this walk and finally after an irritating heavy shower I reached the spot and apologized for being late. I simply enjoyed the walk."

Santosh Biswas: “I was out of station due to work load and didn't click photos for a long time, so I was excited about the walk and was determined to join them that day. Finally, I made some photos and shared our views through photographs with some snacks and had a great time together.

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Sudakshina Majumdar : " Every time I meet my team members, about whom I believe that photography is not just a passion for them it's a kind of meditation...I find things are getting percolated and I feel the difference in my mind, it brings me peace and this time it wasn't an exception ".

Subham Bhawal: Since last year I joined SPS, I tried to be the part of every event. I have tried to upgrade myself in photography from the suggestions of my seniors. In this photowalk I made some photos which were appreciated by other photographers and that motivated me the most".

Bhaskar Paul: “Every time prior to organizing an event of SPS I become nervous and excited. That day I got up early and looked out my window just to see a heavy shower. For a moment I was confused about what to do now! But I took a decision, whatever happens, I will go and wait for others as someone once told me that, rainy day could also be good for photography. I reached the pre planned place and was really surprised to see that few friends were already there. When other group members joined we started the walk.

It was a great time when seniors like Arup Biswas, Dr. Vivek Kumar joined us and shared their thoughts on photography. I am really thankful to them. Finally, we had some snacks and tea at the heritage cafeteria of Siliguri , Netaji Cabin and the walk came to an end. Besides all daily activities, I always enjoy anything related to photography".

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Image by Anubhav Choudhury

Image by Bhaskar Paul

Image by Rudra Sekhar Das

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